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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public works contracts: damages."
description: "Existing law prescribes requirements for contracts between private parties and public entities, as defined."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 552"
citation: "California AB 552 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public works contracts: damages."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["O'Donnell"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2015-02-23"
last_action: "2015-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e78a9bc8-cea3-4637-a71c-3fd1f6d91944"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB552"
source_hash: "02921c0d7e7b34979acd19ee003bc2462c98bef1905c1b9edcf9800eab21a4bf"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California AB 552 (20152016) — Public works contracts: damages.
Existing law prescribes requirements for contracts between private parties and public entities, as defined.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/23/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB552&version=20150AB55299INT)
2. **03/26/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB552&version=20150AB55298AMD)
3. **04/27/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB552&version=20150AB55297AMD)
4. **07/16/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB552&version=20150AB55296AMD)
5. **08/24/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB552&version=20150AB55295AMD)
6. **09/04/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB552&version=20150AB55294AMD)
7. **10/02/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB552&version=20150AB55292CHP)
8. **AB552** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB552)
9. **09/14/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB552&version=20150AB55293ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 552 O'DONNELL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 552 O'DONNELL Assembly Third Reading — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB552 O'Donnell By Jackson — **40–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- O'Donnell — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2015-03-26** Referred to Coms. on A. & A.R. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 21). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-27** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-28** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1385.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-21** Referred to Coms. on G.O. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2015-07-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 14). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-16** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2015-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-04** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2641.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2015-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3059.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2015-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 434, Statutes of 2015.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e78a9bc8-cea3-4637-a71c-3fd1f6d91944`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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